My puppy has worms, but he's always indoors. How is this possible?

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The vet says my puppy's fecal test shows he has worms -- and I did see him scooching on his butt for a few days. But he doesn't go outside, because he just got vaccinated. How are worms even possible?! Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Male | neutered | 4 months and 16 days old | 10 lbs

Susan England-Foster · Accepted Answer

Most puppies are born with worms. They can get them from there mother through the placenta. Puppies will have eggs in the poop that are from worms even if you do not see worms in the stool or any scooting. Typically we deworm puppies 2 times due to this. I would recommend a good deworming and picking up feces and throwing it away for a few weeks to prevent infestation of the yard and re infection of ziggy

My puppy has worms, but he's always indoors. How is this possible?

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